MasterChef (American TV series)

MasterChef
Genre
Created byFranc Roddam
Developed by
  • Gordon Ramsay
  • Adeline Ramage Ronney
  • Pat Llewellyn
  • Ben Adler
  • Howard T. Owens
  • Robin Ashbrook
Directed by
  • Brian Smith (2010–2018)
  • Rich Kim (2019–2024)
  • Richard "Butch" Franc (2025)
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes304
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Justin Brooks
  • Jefferson Strouse
Running time42 minutes
Production companiesOne Potato Two Potato
Reveille Productions (2010–12)
Shine America (2012–14)
Endemol Shine North America (2015–)
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJuly 27, 2010 (2010-07-27) –
present
Related
MasterChef Junior
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MasterChef is an American competitive cooking reality television series that premiered on Fox on July 27, 2010. Based on the British series of the same name and produced by Endemol Shine North America and One Potato Two Potato, the series features amateur and home chefs competing to win the title of MasterChef. As of the show's fifteenth season, the line-up of judges consists of Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Tiffany Derry.

The fifteenth season, subtitled Dynamic Duos, aired May–September 2025. In October 2025, the series was renewed for a sixteenth and seventeenth season, with judges Ramsay, Bastianich, and Derry all returning. The sixteenth season, subtitled Global Gauntlet, is set to premiere in April 2026.